Current Affairs 14th July 2017

Current Affairs 14th July 2017

NATIONAL

• Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to lead Central team to flood-hit States
• India will host 8th edition of Theatre Olympics in 2018
• The Telecom department has made GPS mandatory for all phones from January 1 2018
• The government has started a story-telling contest named ‘Aadhaar Hai To Aasaani Hai’ to create awareness about Aadhaar number
• Ornamental fish hatchery to be set up in Jhajjar district of Haryana soon
• Rajasthan becomes the first state in the country to fix minimum educational qualification for contesting cooperative body polls
• Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma launches LIFE program at Songsak

INTERNATIONAL

• A Model United Nations (MUN) Regional Conference is being held at Kathmandu
• The United States has deployed anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in the Baltics

BANKING & ECONOMY

• SBI waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000
• YES BANK Launches ‘YES GST’ Program to Assist MSMEs
• 5 Indian States and a Union Territory have formally adopted the centre’s GeM

APPOINTMENT

• Iran appoints female CEO named Farzaneh Sharafbani to lead airline for the first time since 1940
• Subhash Garg takes charge as Economic Affairs Secretary
• Debi Prasad Dash has been appointed as the new director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DG-DRI)

SPORT

• Mithali Raj became the first women’s player to reach 6000 ODI runs
• Sri Lankan Cricket captain Angelo Mathews resigned